Swab for deep wells



June 26, 1928.

R. P. WATSON swAB Fon DEEP wELLs Filed March 6, 1926 alfanum,

Patented ele 26, M2,

RAY P. WATSON, 0F RUSSELL, KANSAS. u

` SWAB FOR @EEP WELLS.

application med maren s, '1926. serial no. eases.

This invention relates to swabs for deep Wellsand has for an important object thereof the provision of a device of this character which may be readily and cheaply produced and in` which the swab element is swiveled.

' A further object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the swab element vis longitudinally movable and in one of its positlo-ns permits passage of luid from one side to the other thereof and in the other of its positions prevents the passage of fluid.r

Thesefand other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein for theo purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention 'and wherein Figurel is a side elevation of a swab constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure'2 isa vertical sectional view therethrough;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Flgure 2. v

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the nunera-l 10 indicates a sub adapted at its upper end for connection to a rod line and having immediately above the upper end notched sections 11 reducing the sub to permit its engagement by a tool wrench whereby it may be coupled to the rod line. The lower yend of the sub is formed with a threaded sockett12 in which is engaged the upper end of a tube 13 and the body of the sub has ports 14 connectingthenotches 11 woith the socket 12 and accor ngly with the interior of the tube 13. The tube 13 has upon its lower end a valve element 15, the face of which is upwardly disposed. This valve element seals the lower end o the tube and provides a limit for downward -movement of a swab element, generally designated at 16. AImmediatel above the valve element, the walls of t e tube are provided with a plurality of openings 17 for the passage of fluid.

'The swab element includes a threaded sleeve 18 slidable and rotatable upon the tube 13 and having at its lower end an outstanding llange 19 providinga seat for a swab rubber 20. ,The swab rubber 20` has the ,upper end of its bore enlarged, as atA 21, to provide a conical socket to receive the conical lower end 22 of a nut 23 adjustable upon the sleeve. The lower endof the swab rubber is preferably reinforced by a steel ring 24 cast therein and of less diameter than the flange 19. `This ring prevents expansion under pressure of the lower end of the swab rubber to a 'point where it may pass over the flange 19 and according-O 1y drop to the bottom of the well.

In the useof the devibe, the nut 23 is -adjusted until the rubber closely fits the wall of the casing C in which the swab is to be employed. The swab is then lowered. into the welland the engagement of the swab rubber with the walls will cause the swab element 416 to move upwardly until it engages over the lower end of the sub 10, When in this position, the openings 17 are expo@ and liquid within the well may ass through these openings to the interior o the v tube 13 and thence through ports 14 to la point above the swab rubber.y When the swab has been lowered to the desired extent, the motion is reversed with the result that the valve element 15 comes into engagement with the valve Iseat 25 formed about the inner ed e of the ange 19, sealing the lower end o the swab to -revent the fluid therethrough. I during this hoisting operation, it is found that the weight of fluid above the swab is eater than can be conveniently supporte a portion of the `lluld may be released by lowering the sub 10 for a short time so that a portion' of the fluid may drain away.

Since the construction herelnbefore set f forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention, l do not limit myself to such specllc struct-ure except as hereinafter claime lln a swabbing device, a sleeve adapted to be slidably mounted, saidsleeve having at its lower end an outstanding ilange and being threaded at its upper exterior sursage of faee, a cone-shaped nut threaded upon the diametrical dimensions and holding the sleeve with its smaller end disposed. toswab element in Contact with the thread of 10 ward said flange, a, swab element of pliable the sleeve, and said swab element being promaterial circumscribing the threaded porvided abits end above the annulus with tion of the sleeve and bearin upon the aconical pocket which receives the said nut. flange thereof, an annulus embe ded in the In test1mony whereof hereunto aiiix material of the swab element between the my signature. ,f

surfaces thereof, said annulus having fixed RAY P. WATSON. 

